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APPLICA 11.9. 19:4I4 1,146,923. v Patented July 2o, 1915.

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UNION SUIT.-

AP-PLICATION FILED APR.9, 1914.

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TTURNEYS UNION SUIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 9, 1914. Serial N0. 830,635,

To all whom it may concern.'

. Be it known that I, DURWRD C. COLLIER, 'a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Barnesville, in the county of Pike and State of Georgia, have made an Improvement in Union lSuits, of which the .following is a s ecification.

fabric, preferably knitted fabric composed of cotton, silk, ramie, or wool.

The details of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts are as hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a front view of my improved union suit. Fig.' 2 is a' rear view. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l.

'.Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section o n.

the line of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 1s a horizonal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the bust or waist portion of the garment. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the leg portions of the garment. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the triangular lap forming a portion of the garment. Fig. 9 is a plan view of a piece of tubular webbing divided .diagonally into two-equal portions which form the legs of the garment.

In the principal views A indicates the tubular bust or waist portion of the garment, and C and D the legs of the same. These parts are all made from small tubular knitted fabric, and have the highest degree of elasticity, and also afford the utmost comfort to the wearer. The distinguishing feature of the bust or waist portion A is the form of its lower edge, which, as shown in Figs. 1 to,6,.is cut upon the lines of a reintrant obtuse angle 1, 2, 3, on both front and back. Thus, the two front and back edges coincide or correspond. In place of the out being made on an obtuse angle it may be made upon a slightly curved line, shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In cutting the bust A in this form, a considerable number cured to the waist so that of pieces of the tubular fabric are laidI upon another so that their edges exactly coincide, or in other words, are in the same vertical plane;.then a power-operatedknife makes a single cut through the several superposed pieces, thus forming the desired angle (Figsl to 6) in both front and back of all the pieces simultaneously. It is obvious this could not be done if the front and back were not alike or on the same angle.

The leg portions C and D may be formed economically or without waste, by cutting them from a single'tubular fabric as shown in Fig. 9. The out is made upon a diagonal line thus producing two parts C and D which are identical in shape and size. angular edges of the parts C, D, are sewed to the angular edge of the bust, .as indicated at 1, 2, 3, in Figs. 1 and 2. Thus the angular end of each part C. and D projects past the angle of the bust to a point a, as indicated in Fig. 1. It will be understood that the upper end of the leg portions C and D lie one within the vother or overlap, as indicated in dotted andl full lines in Fig. 2.

In cutting both the bust and legs, as described, I effect' a considerable economy in time, labor, and material. The rentrant angle also conduces to the comfort of the wearer of the suit, since it enables the overlapping portions of the legs to be parted or opened higher and more widely than would be practicable if the angle of the waist projected downward instead of upward or inward. This is a matter of importance when the body of the wearer assumes a sitting position.

A triangular Hap B is applied on the back of the garment, as shown in Fig. 2, its upper end being sewed tothe bust and its inner side edge to the adjacent edge of the leg portion c. This extends to a desired degree the cover 01 protection afforded by the contiguous overlapping portions of the leg c.

lVhat I claim is 1. A union suit comprising a blustl or waist having its lower edge in front and back provided with coincident rentrant angles, and tubular leg portions having their upper ends formed at an angle and seeach extends ylat- Patented July 20, 1915.

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erally past the apex of the angle of the Waist an@ overlaps the other leg portion, as del scrlbed. n i

2. A union sult comprising a. bust or Waist of tubular fabric having its lower edge in front and back provided With coincident symmetrical rentrant angles having straight sides and tubular leg portions having their 11p/per end'formed at an angle and secured to the waist so that each extends lat- 1o erally past the apex of the langle of the Waist and overlaps the other leg portions.

'y DURVARD C. COLLIER.

lVitnesses: l

G. WHITE J oimov7 (l H. HUMPHREY.V

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Washington, D. C. 

